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Research Focus

My research focus is the literature and language of medieval and early modern Ireland. I am currently working on a PhD project, Set Adrift: Fluidity in the Medieval Irish Immrama, looking specifically at a voyage tale about two of Colum Cille’s clerics. This project will create a new edition and translation of a version of this tale called Sechrán Clérech Coluim Chille.

Research Interests

  • Textual transmission, reuse and intertextuality in medieval and early modern Irish literary sources
  • Textual editing and translation
  • Critical frameworks such as cultural memory and ecocriticism
  • Digital humanities
  • Comparative studies in northern medieval cultures

Particulars

In 2022 I received a MA, with first class honours in Celtic Studies from the University of Glasgow. I then completed a MA in Early and Medieval Irish at University College Cork for which I edited and translated a Dindshenchas article on Tipra Sengaramna. I was awarded a first class honours for this in 2023.
I am currently a PhD student in Irish and Celtic, funded by The Department for Economy. This project explore fluidity in the medieval Irish textual tradition, looking at a voyage narrative as the focus of the project.

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